Sprockets
A Little Robot
Published on 2. June 2015
131 pages
978-1-4976-5256-9 (ISBN)
Description
A pint-size robot with a big spirit goes on an interstellar adventure
Running low on metal, an assembly line spits out something unusual: a peculiar little robot, no bigger than a boy. His name is Sprockets, and though he is small, he has the most powerful electronic brain on Earth. "Destroy him!" cries the foreman, but Sprockets escapes. He runs through the moonlit city, pushing his little body as hard as he can until rain starts to fall-and he begins to rust. But Sprockets is rescued just in time by Jim and his father, Dr. Bailey-a brilliant inventor who sometimes has trouble with fractions. Luckily for him, there is no finer tabulator than Sprockets.
They adopt this little robot as their own, and soon set off for another world-where Sprockets will be charged with saving the universe and learning what it is to be alive.
Sprockets is the 1st book in the Sprockets series, which also includes Rivets and Sprockets and Bolts.
Running low on metal, an assembly line spits out something unusual: a peculiar little robot, no bigger than a boy. His name is Sprockets, and though he is small, he has the most powerful electronic brain on Earth. "Destroy him!" cries the foreman, but Sprockets escapes. He runs through the moonlit city, pushing his little body as hard as he can until rain starts to fall-and he begins to rust. But Sprockets is rescued just in time by Jim and his father, Dr. Bailey-a brilliant inventor who sometimes has trouble with fractions. Luckily for him, there is no finer tabulator than Sprockets.
They adopt this little robot as their own, and soon set off for another world-where Sprockets will be charged with saving the universe and learning what it is to be alive.
Sprockets is the 1st book in the Sprockets series, which also includes Rivets and Sprockets and Bolts.
More details
Person
Alexander Key (1904-1979) started out as an illustrator before he began writing science fiction novels for young readers. He has published many titles, including
Sprockets: A Little Robot,
Mystery of the Sassafras Chair,and
The Forgotten Door,winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
.Key's novel
Escape to Witch Mountainwas adapted for film in 1975, 1995, and 2009.
Content
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. He Escapes
- 2. He Is Adopted Temporarily
- 3. He Becomes Partially Educated
- 4. He Has Trouble in Mexico
- 5. He Meets Professor Katz
- 6. He Finds the Saucer
- 7. He Goes Space Traveling
- 8. He Visits the Dark Side
- 9. He Encounters Moon Bats
- 10. He Uses His Buttons
- Preview: Rivets and Sprockets
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
